diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/Scaler/KafkaGenericTargetScaler.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/Scaler/KafkaGenericTargetScaler.cs
index b227671d..cededce5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/Scaler/KafkaGenericTargetScaler.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Kafka/Listeners/Scaler/KafkaGenericTargetScaler.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ internal TargetScalerResult GetScaleResultInternal(TargetScalerContext context,
             {
                 return new TargetScalerResult
                 {
-                    TargetWorkerCount = 1
+                    TargetWorkerCount = 0
                 };
             }
 
@@ -155,4 +155,4 @@ internal int GetChangeInWorkerCount(int targetWorkerCount)
             return targetWorkerCount - lastTargetScalerResult.TargetWorkerCount;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}